Through our commitment to the net-zero target by 2050 and concrete environmental initiatives, we are promoting a sustainable future with long-term benefits.
We visualise our sustainability strategy as a house, with the foundations representing our core values:
As part of a materiality assessment, we identified the sustainability topics most relevant to our business and have developed our sustainability strategy based on these findings.
We understand economic success as long-term value creation that takes environmental and social aspects into account.
As we want to live up to our responsibility and actively contribute to a maintainable future, all our business areas centre around sustainability. This allows us to meet the requirements of clients as well as investors and promotes their financial successes.
We regularly assess our sustainable products against relevant benchmarks, for example through GRESB assessments, certifications, or comparisons with defined reference values.
Sustainable growth and stable returns secure the future of our company. Only by generating attractive long-term returns for our investors can we create lasting sustainable impact.
As an active owner, we take responsibility and are committed to promoting responsible corporate governance. On behalf of our investors, we actively exercise shareholder rights and apply transparent sustainability criteria in our decision-making to make a positive contribution.
We focus on energy efficiency to advance decarbonisation and make targeted use of resources. In doing so, we create added value for the environment, society, and the economy.
Climate alignment refers to the gradual reduction of the environmental footprint of a portfolio by reducing greenhouse gas emissions over time. The key areas of action for reducing greenhouse gas emissions are heat generation and the building envelope.
Given the negative impact of climate change, energy use in the real estate sector is of key importance. The SFP Group takes aspects of energy efficiency and the decarbonisation of buildings in particular into account in its investment decisions.
The SFP Group takes the efficient use of these resources into consideration in line with its ESG core values and the increasing demand for sustainable corporate governance in the real estate sector.
For the SFP Group, sustainable action encompasses social aspects just as much as environmental and economic aspects. This means maintaining open communication, acting ethically, conducting business fairly, and respecting human rights.
The SFP Group designs the working environment in such a way that employees are supported in their professional and personal development and can identify with the company over the long term. The approach focuses on modern working conditions, targeted training opportunities and the deliberate transfer of responsibility and authority in order to promote personal responsibility and a sense of involvement.
Thanks to their broad knowledge base, diverse teams can take well-founded decisions and help improve adaptability. For us, equality and inclusion of all people and genders are fundamental principles. We reject all forms of discrimination and actively promote diversity - from recruitment and employment practices to management decision-making.
We bear responsibility beyond just providing space. Our properties shape the daily lives of our tenants and the environment in which they move. We understand the term “living environment” to be a holistic approach that takes into account the well-being of users, the quality of the building and social environment, and environmental aspects in equal measure. We regularly measure tenant satisfaction through surveys.
An attractive return and a rent in line with the market are essential for satisfying investors, customers and tenants. In addition, the SFP Group attaches great importance to direct communication and high-quality services. The SFP Group also sees its comprehensive sustainability engagement as an investment in client orientation, since many investors and tenants view sustainable action as a condition for a stable partnership.
Clear corporate governance structures, effective compliance mechanisms and systematic risk management create transparency, strengthen stakeholder trust and support long-term value creation.
Companies today are under public scrutiny both as market participants and as members of society. If a company is perceived to act in a manner that does not comply with applicable rules and regulations, it risks sanctions, financial losses, and reputational damage.
As part of our corporate governance we define clear rules and responsibilities that help employees perform their duties correctly. Compliance with laws, rules and voluntary codes is as important as it is a matter of course for the SFP Group. On the one hand, this applies for formal reasons, as the SFP Group is under the supervision of the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA. On the other hand, compliance reflects our corporate values and the way we see ourselves at the SFP Group.
As part of our business activities, we are exposed to a wide range of financial and non-financial risks. An integral part of our business model is the deliberate assumption of carefully selected risks on behalf of ourselves and our customers.
Through a systematic risk management approach that incorporates sustainability and climate-related considerations, we strengthen our own resilience and contribute to the stability of the sector as a whole.
Documents on SFDR for SF Property Selection Fund and SF Property Securities Fund can be found on the respective product page.
As a financial market participant within the meaning of Article 4, paragraph 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/1288 (SFDR), Swiss Finance & Property Funds Ltd publishes the following statements on the most significant adverse impacts of investment decisions on sustainability factors:
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